Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: timer: thead,c900-aclint-mtimer: separate mtime and mtimecmp regs

[Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1883 bytes --]

On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 05:39:09PM +0100, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> On 04/12/2023 17:18, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 05:51:08PM +0800, Inochi Amaoto wrote:
> > > The timer registers of aclint don't follow the clint layout and can
> > > be mapped on any different offset. As sg2042 uses separated timer
> > > and mswi for its clint, it should follow the aclint spec and have
> > > separated registers.
> > > 
> > > The previous patch introduced a new type of T-HEAD aclint timer which
> > > has clint timer layout. Although it has the clint timer layout, it
> > > should follow the aclint spec and uses the separated mtime and mtimecmp
> > > regs. So a ABI change is needed to make the timer fit the aclint spec.
> > > 
> > > To make T-HEAD aclint timer more closer to the aclint spec, use
> > > regs-names to represent the mtimecmp register, which can avoid hack
> > > for unsupport mtime register of T-HEAD aclint timer.
> > > 
> > > Also, as T-HEAD aclint only supports mtimecmp, it is unnecessary to
> > > implement the whole aclint spec. To make this binding T-HEAD specific,
> > > only add reg-name for existed register. For details, see the discussion
> > > in the last link.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Inochi Amaoto <inochiama@outlook.com>
> > > Fixes: 4734449f7311 ("dt-bindings: timer: Add Sophgo sg2042 CLINT timer")
> > > Link: https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/opensbi/2023-October/005693.html
> > > Link: https://github.com/riscv/riscv-aclint/blob/main/riscv-aclint.adoc
> > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/IA1PR20MB4953F9D77FFC76A9D236922DBBB6A@IA1PR20MB4953.namprd20.prod.outlook.com/
> > 
> > Acked-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
> > 
> > Although, I figure it is going to be me that ends up taking it.
> 
> No, I should take it

Sweet, I'd rather you took it than it went via a DT tree :)

[-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --]
[-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 228 bytes --]